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slug: 26-reflection-self-refinement
role: index
date: 2026-04-21
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> **📅 Research snapshot as of 2026-04-21.** Provider pricing, free-tier availability, and model capabilities drift every quarter. The router reads `data/routing-table.json` and `data/model-registry.json` at runtime — treat those as source of truth. If this document disagrees with the registry, the registry wins.

# Category 26 — Reflection Self Refinement

Reflexion / Self-Refine patterns for visual assets; VLM-as-judge rubric design; asset-specific critique templates; convergence / stopping criteria; critique-to-prompt repair loops.

## Angles

| File | Topic |
|---|---|
| [`26a-reflexion-self-refine-patterns.md`](./26a-reflexion-self-refine-patterns.md) | Reflexion & Self-Refine Patterns |
| [`26b-vlm-as-judge-rubric-design.md`](./26b-vlm-as-judge-rubric-design.md) | VLM-as-Judge Rubric Design |
| [`26c-asset-specific-critique-templates.md`](./26c-asset-specific-critique-templates.md) | Asset-Specific Critique Templates |
| [`26d-convergence-stopping-criteria.md`](./26d-convergence-stopping-criteria.md) | Convergence & Stopping Criteria |
| [`26e-critique-to-prompt-repair.md`](./26e-critique-to-prompt-repair.md) | Critique-to-Prompt Repair |

## Also in this folder

- [`SYNTHESIS.md`](./SYNTHESIS.md) — synthesized insights across angles

## Up one level

- [`../index.md`](../index.md) — master research index
- [`../SYNTHESIS.md`](../SYNTHESIS.md) — master synthesis
